Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will set out tax cuts in a mini budget

FINALLY, we had an admission from Liz Truss this week that a free trade deal with the US is not expected in the “short to medium term”.

More than 200,000 Scot homeowners will have seen their mortgage payments rise by more than £1000 a year in the space of nine months after the latest interest rate rise.

SCOTGOLD Resources' shares dipped as it revised down production guidance after a short-term equipment set-up delay.

THE administration of an historic paper company has been described as  "immensely troubling" for Scottish manufacturing.

By Scott Wright

LABOUR is toying with offering devolved government’s three-year funding deals and overhauling parliamentary standards, according to leaked draft plans drawn up by Gordon Brown.

A year at sea with just a kayak and a tent around the coast of Scotland may not appeal to many, but for one adventurer it is an opportunity to find a special type of solace.

By Ian McConnell

AT First Minister’s Questions today (September 22), Nicola Sturgeon claimed that pointing out A&E waiting times in England were worse than in Scotland is “part of giving confidence to people that we are taking action to address this” (").

By Scott Wright

Life is full of disappointments, such as being invited out by your mates for a quiet pint after work and they all go home after exactly one.

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For £3.9 million, the new buyer will acquire a 1,400-seat theatre that’s been refurbished with state-of-the-art equipment

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on interest rates

IT’S a dangerous strategy for any politician to deliberately court unpopularity. Most want to be liked, some desperately. All modern prime ministers, while they might have enjoyed successes along the way, have seen their tenures end badly either at...

POLITICS is back. For those, like me, who follow the business of politics for a living, the 11 days of public mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth seem an increasingly distant memory.

IT is a podcast that upon its release, revolutionised the medium as it rocketed up the listening charts worldwide, telling the tale of a real-life murder case from the 1990s. Now, eight years on from Serial’s debut, the alleged killer has been free...

Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to put into practice many of Liz Truss’s tax-cutting promises and detail how the energy package will be funded.

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister accused the UK Government of creating more poverty with policies such as cutting Universal Credit

What does polling tell us about independence support this year?

The cost-of-living crisis shows no sign of stopping any time soon. Not only does this have an impact on the weekly shop, but for many it will result in falling behind on their bills. For some, this will be the first-time facing issues with debt.

If you're not a fan of the hit games Wordle or Heardle then maybe try the movie spin-off Framed.

If you have tried and loved Wordle, Quordle should be your next go-to brain teaser.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

New Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is due to set out his tax and spending plans in a mini-Budget in the Commons on Friday morning

COUNCIL bosses in Edinburgh will propel forward plans to roll out a tourist tax in the city – calling on SNP minsters to act quickly.

AN Alba Party candidate and solicitor was allegedly attacked at his office in Glasgow, the party have said.

AN SNP minister has accused the UK Government of attempting to “row back 47 years of protections” after publishing plans to amend, repeal or replace all EU legislation.

Administrators have been called in to Arjowiggins Group subsidiaries across the UK.Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden from Interpath Advisory were appointed joint administrators to ten Arjowiggins Group UK subsidiaries today.

UK ministers are facing legal action after confirming more than 100 new oil and gas licences will be opened up in the North Sea next month.

The backlog of solemn business at Scotland’s sheriff courts may not be cleared until March 2026.

THE Herald has won more awards than any other newspaper in this year’s Scottish Press Awards.

As of June there were 1,040 people alive who had celebrated the milestone birthday.

BAXTERS, the 154-year-old Scottish family food business, is making its first foray into the gifting market.

SCOTTISHPOWER which has successfully pushed for a taxpayer-backed £100bn loan fund to help energy firms freeze energy bills has been told by the energy market regulator that it is failing vulnerable customers.

NICOLA Sturgeon’s fallback plan to fight the next general election as a ‘de facto’ referendum on independence has been challenged by Alex Salmond’s Alba party.

NICOLA Sturgeon has announced a new £50million fund to help house Ukrainian refugees after The Herald revealed those on the front line are in despair at an over-stretched system.

CHANCELLOR Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the 1.25 per cent hike in national insurance, brought in by Boris Johnson, will be scrapped.

Transport minister Jenny Gilruth has indicated that CalMac winter timetables may start to be published by the end of this week - five months late.

NICOLA Sturgeon and her Health Secretary have been told to “do your job” after it emerged one patient endured an 84-hour wait for treatment in a Scottish A&E.

THE MINISTER responsible for Scotland’s census fiasco has admitted it would have been easier to reach people had it no been delayed for a year – but has insisted it was the right thing to do.

SCOTS householders are to see a huge hike in mortgage costs today as the Bank of England announces a 0.5% rise in base rates.

LIZ Truss’s Government has confirmed more than 100 new oil and gas licences will be opened up in the North Sea next month.

Donald Trump is facing the latest in a long line of scandals, with experts saying the latest challenge could be insurmountable. We look at the situation and its potential ramifications.

SCOTTISH hotel management company Inverlochy Castle Management International has accelerated its international expansion into Asia with the launch of the new Hotel Telegraph in Singapore.

THE Scottish Conservatives are an under-appreciated bunch. When times are fraught and uncertainty abounds (see Putin's speech for your latest batch of nightmare scenarios), Douglas Ross and his troops can always be relied upon to provide an amusing d...

Reversing the mistake of the M8 is not possible, but perhaps we can apply a bandage

THE NUMBER of Scots firms that have gone bust has soared by over a third in one year plunging business into a crisis sparked by soaring energy bills.

THE numbers being held in custody without conviction has hit record levels with the length of time detained quadrupling in less than three years, leading to calls from a key Scottish solicitors group for urgent action.